Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-02-26

thas was t;ae face OF Fannie. Religion had
made her happy while she lived, and happy
when she died. and has made her happy for.
ever oh A am So glad the young come to-
day. ! have no words to express my emo
lion at the coming Of these young men
9nd Hissympathies goout toward the young.
tOh, That this regiment fol- God might be re-
| iuforcei to-dey by the coming of all these
young men and young women who have not
vet surrendered themselves to the Lord
Jesus ~ }NstsiA,iy
But while this great flock have come into
the dovecot, the largest flock have flown the
other way 1t is easy to feed the pigeons,
the doves. You go out with handful OF
corn or wheat, and they fly all around you
They alight on your shoulder. and your
hands, and your head; and you feSd them.
tame But do you know, my brother,
the Lord has been feeding you with
the finest of the wheat an these
yearsl And Tyet you have flow away
from htn1y Ypu took 70 IN Clothes from His
wardrobe. Yof took yooaf. bread from His
hand and yet you have been flying the other
way. While these others come into the dove
morning. after severe winter tempest, you:
have gone out and you have Feen dead birds
all over the snow, so there wll be a
time come when all those who re-
iect His mercy and despise the Gdspel will
perish. All, the storm must come, the storm
will come 1t will shiver the mastSof pride
and drive into the, white reefs Of death tho
last cargo of sifj The 1dedarg t9f Lebanon
will be solit In the hurricane, land the
SLAMS r;wzr be moved out Of their
place. and the continents will be
rent asunder, and the two hemispAeres will
spin like top in the fury of the list sgale.l
The wild beasts Of the forest iq aHIfght will
come to the elias And leap 81 I'M an ava
lanche Of terror. Thu dead will con eout OF
their sepulchres tbll6ok at the scene, and all
those who rejected Christ must die. Know.
ing that that day is coming, would not
did not tell ,ypu .eof is its Tia sIprnh-
ability is that many Of hs will
sleep the last sleep near each other in the
gardens Of the dead, how would l. feel if
on resurreetjor morn FyhepLI come pp'at the.
call OF my God, I Should hear your voice
saying fiom an adjoining lot in thellast rest
ing place you never told me Of THIS IL is
through your negfecFd 5Hm uq6repared for
'lthisg' Oh cannot seG my nSskesI for such
CONSERVATION. teii you nc now v. exneBt 4
man be born again he cannot see theI Kings
dom of God. LaG.---
How far is it from here to hellt' said 4
eeoffer on horseback one SUNDAY morning,
as he dashed past gold CHRISTIAN deacon on
the way to church. "How far is il, from
} here to,hslllp DAT the nekhtirn of the road
the horse threw the, dideE, ? and he was
dashed Instantly ilt0ls aefath9ii He found
out how far it was rtpiT ruin without
any information from the church deacon.
Oh, man on the swift course of death, speed
ing on toward thy doom, do you cry to me
to day, show far to ruinfn answers
Near, very near" FT ar. =.
'Perhaps this very day k.-1. =
Thy last accepted time may be; -
Oh shouldst thou grieve Him now away,
Then hope may never beam on thee. {" ''''''ii
Would that my Lord God would show you
your lin and help you to fly from it, and
your duty and help you to do it, 50 that
when the last great terror Esba4 spread Its
two great wings oyer our work. and with
talons of death shalls clutch for thy souL it
cannot harm thee, for thou art in the safe
.dovecot Of Savior's mercy. What doesthe
dove in the coop care for the hawk In the
skye tO'HD 3
gf "Come inl Come inlIIq ,,,7,
Eternal glory shalt thou win. "iih II